Hextable Village Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Swanley for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £34.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2009, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £34.509 am to 3 pm | £17.25Morning 9 am to 3 pm or Afternoon 12 am to 3 pm, 6 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Depositupon acceptance of your child’s place, refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.50 a session Consumables voluntary contributionincludes healthy snack, arts & craft materials, wipes and
- £10.00 Late collection feewithin 15 minutes of the session/day end
- £10.00 per 15 minutes Late collection fee (per half hour thereafter)per every half hour thereafter
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Two year olds: up to 15 hours funding known as the Free for Two Scheme (FF2). Three and four year olds (The Universal Entitlement): up to 15 hours Funded Early Education. Three and four year olds of working parents (The Extended Entitlement): up to an additional 15 hours Funded Early Education.
Worth knowing. Children accessing sessions outside of their Funded Early Education will be charged at our current rates. Children in receipt of Free Early Education will be able to access their funded hours only if fees are not settled.
What childcare usually costs in Kent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kent from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BR8 7LTWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 15 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children excitedly run into nursery to start their day. They have strong attachments with the whole staff team. Children seek out staff to join in their games, and they smile and laugh happily as they play together. This helps them feel settled and secure in the nursery.
Children have access to a wide range of carefully planned resources, which supports their learning in all areas of development. The curriculum is sequenced to ensure that children's learning is well supported. This helps children make good progress in the nursery's care. Mathematics is woven into everyday activities. For example, staff introduce positional language, such as 'on', 'under' and 'in'. They count out loud, encouraging children to copy. Staff help children recognise numbers, shapes and sizes as they play.
Staff support children to develop their physical skills. They use tools to manipulate dough and smooth sand over toy bricks. Children enjoy spending time outside.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- organise transitions between routines effectively, particularly at lunchtimes, so that children are fully supported in their learning n strengthen strategies to support children and their families to make healthy choices in relation to food and drinks.
- 15 November 2024Good
- 14 January 2019Good
- 1 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hextable Village Pre-School
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £34.50 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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